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Workshop on Cutting Marquetry
with a Knife
(18.10.2009)
Introduction
Knife uttings more
commonly sed hansawingor marquetryn
Australia nd he
United
Kingdom,
ecauset requires o special
quipmentndcanbe doneon
a
kitchen
able.
Otheradvantages re hat here s no noiseor dustproducedn the cutting utstage.Safety
is stillan mportant
onsideration,
owever,
ecause f
hesharpnessf he knife
blades.
The
hinveneers
approximately
.6mm) vailablen
Australia
rewell-suited
o this
approach. s in
sawnmarquetry,n
aim
s
o
produce
ork
withno
gaps
betweenhe
oints.
It may requiremanyhours
of
practice
o achieve desiredevel
of skill.Thesenotes
cover
somebasic
oints
nly.
The eferences
isted t he
endaresomeof he many ources
f
further nformation
n all aspects f marquetry.
Veneers
Black Bog
or
en
oak,macassar
bony.
Brown Walnut,
eak,blackbean,ak,silkyoak,elm,
blackwood.
Tan
Purple
Red
Pink
White
Yellow
Burrs
Weatheredycamore,ight
oak, eak,opepe.
Kevasingo,
urpleheart,
ndian osewood.
Padauk,
esternedcedar,makore,mahogany,
apele,
arrah,
Queensland
aple.
Canadian irch,
ear,
acewood,
aboon,
ird's-eye aple, herry,
lm,aspen
Horse hestnut, hite
ycamore,oto, sh,willow,poplar.
lroko,
ntiaris, vodire, atinwood,beche.
Gambola, lm,walnut,
reen
yprus,
mboyna.
SpecialeffectsTamo
sh,zebrano,igured
ak,oliveoak,rosewood,ird's yemaple.
Harewood
Veneers
yed
with
sulphate f
ron,
n shades f silver, late,
ark
grey,etc.
Dyed eneers arious niform right olours reavailable.
Above ist
adapted
ram
Turner
1990:
7).
SelectingVeneers
Whilea scroll awcan
cut
hardveneers
withease, heyare difficult
o cut
with
a
knife.
Even
whencutting gainst
steel uler he knife an end o want o ollow he
grain
ather
han
the
ruler.Repeated
hallow utsare usually ecessaryor bothhardandsoftveneers.
Choosing oftveneerss
one
way
o minimizehe difficulties f cuttingmarquetry ith
a
knife.Examples
f soft o medium eneers
reavodire, eech, enge, irch, utternut,
cherry, arewood,olly, uon
pine,
oto,mahogany,
ear,peroba, oplar, oplar
url,
sapele, assafras,ycamore, alnut seeHobbs ndFitchett 980: 1).A small electionf
easy-to-cuteneersmay
be sufficient
or
many
projects.
Flattening
Veneer
lf the veneer s
buckled nd
will
not stay lat,
spraya
fine mist
of
methylated
firits
on both
sides, hen
press
carefully/gradually)
etween oards nd
paper
owels.Rdpeat f
the
distortions
n the veneer
are
very
pronounced.
ReinforcingVeneer
Attach
paper
ape
o the op
(finished
ide)of the veneer o
prevent
plitting nd breakage,
especiallylonghegrain. hiscanbe used or argepieces f backgroundeneer swell
as or smallernserts. incoln
1980:
4) ecommends
singSellotapen small
pieces.
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Blades
Choices f knives nclude round-handled
raftknife,a carver's nife
or a Swan
Morton
knife.
Mostcuttings donewith
a
fine
pointed
lade, uch
as a
number
1
SwanMorton
soalpel lade. number 1 Xacto
blade s similar. nother
ypeof
blade
with
a curved
dge
is alsousefulor scrapingapeandglue rom hework.Blades anbe embeddednpieces
of
polystyrene
r
corkbetween ses.
Sharpening lades
This
section s rom
he
website
f The Marquetry
ociety
UK):
http: /www.m
arquetrv..
rq/the
m
arquetry kn fe.htm
Of all heskills equiredn
marquetry ithout
oubt,he mainone s
heabilityo cut
accurately.his
skilldepends n maintaining
sharp
point
n heknife. he
point
f he
blade s
he
part
of heknifewhich s used
o cut,not he ong
edgeof heblade. o maintain
this
point
he blade s sharpenedn a finecarborundumtone r oilstone, sshown elow:
Ser{er
fn*rtv
sfHtrJatunw
Ft*rts'
sifr,of
frhde
O{tstmrl
The
backof he
blade
s
appliedo thestone
nd
ubbedn
a straightine o remove
ny
burrs
r
hooks
n he ip.
This
will
progressively
ove he
cuttingip down he blade.
NEVER
ry o sharpen
he beveled utting dge,
ou
will
notbe able o compete
ith he
manufacturer
ork
evenly ver he surface f
your
carborundum
tone
and ry
not
o weara
groove
n t.A cheaper
lternatives to usemedium
lothbacked arborundum
heet
lued
to a
piece
f wood.
ives
1995:
-7) ecommends
sing 0
grit
ollowed
y
180
or 200grit
emery
aper.l
In
order o make
a
finer
cutandallow he blade
o be removed
asily
rom
he
wood,
he
shoulder
etweenhe cutting
dgeand hebackof he
blade
s
also
ground
own
giving
morestreamlined ffect.
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Applying
he Design
Many
people
rawa design n racing
aper
nd
ransferhedesign
with
4H
or similar
pencil,
r a metal tylus)o the backof heveneer
sing lack arbon
aper
r
greygraphite
paper
from
art shops). lternatively,
designon white
paper
can
be
glued
glue
stick) o the
theveneer.f the design son the back t will need o be drawn n reverse. aperpatterns
attached itha
glue
stick
glue
on he
paper
only,not he veneer)
may
peel
off airlyeasily.
CuttingTwo
Piecesat Once
1. For
simple esigns here
only wo
veneers
reneeded, uch
as
or
a backgammon
board,
a
knife
can cut he wo veneers
t the same ime.Thiswill
produce
wo inished
pieces,
nea
'negative'
of the other.The sunburst nd
cat designsor hisworkshop
re
suitableor his
method.
2. The wo veneers
houldbe aped ogetherirst,withSellotape
r
masking
apearound
the
edges.
The
cutting
roceeds
y making epeated,
verlappinghallow uts.Avoid
making
eavy utsas his makes t harder
o
follow
he
pattern
ine.
3. For arge
pieces,
t may
be
preferable
o cut only
part
way
hrough he second eneer
before eparatinghe
wo
ayers
to avoidcutting livers rom he
second
iece
f
the
angleof the cut changes. he
second
iece
s thencompletedollowing
he
partially
ut
line.Thewindowmethod
see
below).alsoses
a shallow.knifeut o
mark
outa
piece
o
be nsertedn a'window'.
4. When
he cutting
s
completed, ssemblehe
pieces,
ecurewith
apeon he ront,and
rub PVA
glue
nto
he
oints
rom he
back.
Turn
over,
make
sureall
pieces pushed
downso that he back s leveland, f necessary,
ress
betweenweighted oardswith
wax
paper
on eachsideof the marquetry.
5. When
he
glue
dries, he marquetry ill be ready or
gluing
o a backing oard, uchas
9mmor 12mmmdf
or
plywood.
Remove
ll Sellotape r masking
apebefore
luing
on
to a board it can be very
difficulto
remove
fter
pressing.
The Marquetry
Society's
UK)
Advice
on
Knife Gutting
Sou ce http //www. arquetrv.
rg/themarq etrv knife. tm
We
always uggesthat
you
start
by
cutting
simple]
hapes.Carefully heck
your
est
pieces
or any major aults n order o correct our echniqueor yourprojectwork.
1.
lf the
pieces
are a
very oose
it withsignificant
aps
all
round,
heck hat
you
kept he
knife n close
contact
with
he emplate uringmarking
nd hen
ollow
hatsameknife
mark
duringhesubsequentutting
ut .
2. lf the
edgesof the cut are chamfered
sloping)
heckhow
you
hold
he
knife.
Many
people
old heknifeas heywould
a
pen,
n
a sloping
osition.
oumust earn
o
roll
the wristover o keep
he
knife
bladesquare o the work o
produce
square ut.
3.
lf
you
are cutting mall
pieces,
r apered nds, einforcinghe veneer irstwith
paper
tapewillhelp.Although
he
woodmay
stillbreak p, he apewillhold
he
veneer
together careful andling ill keep
t togethef ntil t can be itted
and
glued
nto
inal
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position.
o not emovehe reinforcing
apeuntilthe
lue
hasdried
15
minutes)
r t will
allfallapart
4.
lf
you
are indingt hard
o see
where
ou
have
raced he
ine
hroughhewindow,
coatof paperapemakes hecuttinginemuchmore isible.
5. lf the woodappearso split
easily,
make
sure hat
you
do
not
use oo much
pressure
n
the
knife o
try o
cut
oo
quickly.
hissevers hewoodalong
he
ibres nstead
f cutting
through hem. t is
better o useseveral ontrolled trokeswith
ower
pressure
n
he
blade.
The Window
Method
. Themost
commonechnique
or
making
marquetry
s hewindowmethod.t is
suited
or
bothsimple ndcomplex esigns.
s
lves
1995:
) describest,
"
...
this
means
tarting
witha wastesheetof veneeror cardboard
nd
cutting
he
shapeof
one
piece
rom
his.A
piece f heselected ood splaced nder he opening r"window"ndcut round sing he
edge
of he
window s
a
guide.
Each
andevery
iece
s
cutand itted n hisway."
Thewindow
method, onewell, an
produce
oints
without
aps.
t
alsoenableshe maker
to
choose he
most
suitable rientation nd
positioning
f the
grain
or figure n
the
veneer,
y
viewing
t
throughhewindow
Robin
Cromer illbe
discussins
hewindowmethod,
A
website n
the
windowmethods: http:l/www.woodezine.comi03_2005/0305_marquetry.html
Examplesof Marquetry
Thereare manyexamples
f
marquetry
n he web.
A
good
starting
oint
s:
http://www.marquetry.orglheMarquetry
ociety's
UK)
home
page:
lickon'allgalleries'
at the
eft
of the
page
or
pictures
f
marquetry
ork.
Sourcesof MarquetryDesigns
Simple lipartdesignsmay
provide
deas or nitialtest
ieces
nd
projects.
References
Hobbs,
Harry
J and Fitchett, llanE.
(editors)
980.ModernMarquetry andbook. hames
andHudson.
lves,Ernie1995.
Marquetry
or
Beginners,pswich: he Marquetry
ociety
4tn
dition).
Lincoln,WilliamA. 1992.TheMarquetryManual,
Hereford: tobbartDavies td.
*Middleton,
David
and
Townsend,
lan 1993.Marquetry echniques,ondon:Batsford
Turner,Roy 1997.TheMagicWorld
of
Marquetry,
elbourne: he
Marquetry ociety f
Victoria.
*ln
the Guild's
ibrary.
Don
Rowland.
ctober 009
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